"It's a traditional no mans land. The side of the highway. Home to trash and road signs and empty space. Negative space, but hold on, there, across the Tisdale, new dirt rows about to add something positive."

"Once they got in touch with board members from local nonprofit Up With Trees, which has a relationship with the city of Tulsa to maintain local roads, their goal materialized in the form of a food forest — something they say is necessary for residents of north Tulsa, many of whom do not have easy access to grocery stores — that will grow between the 600 and 1200 blocks on the east side of the parkway, ending before the Pine Street exit."

Want more information about the Tisdale Food Forest and how you can become involved in this pilot program? Visit the official Tisdale Food Forest page on Facebook, watch our calendar for events here, or fill out our contact form on the site.